Recent content by giskarduk

Well that was interesting. Seems like building cottages as improvements to the land does help the cash flow and science. I was able to get well a head of of the AI and stay there by building 2 cottages per town and ensuring they where being used by the town. By 200AD they had grown pretty big...

DrewBledsoe: Thanks for tips, i'll try some out in my next game which will be on noble. Amelas: Yes i could have conquered the entire map but i wanted to win via a UN vote. Unfortunately the sides i was allied too became the strongest after my own empire. So they had the most votes and they...

Hi all. Played Civ 4 a few times now and read about the changes to the AI at higher difficulty levels. Im approaching the time when i can take the AI on at Noble difficulty since i do appear to beat the AI on a regular basis on warlord now. I usually play on marathon these days, huge maps...

Theleb-K'aarna: Thanks for the update, please continue posting any issues you see coz i for one want to hear about them before I find them my self:) Have a great New Year :) Giskard

Hi all. Can somebody pass these on to fraxis please. The first CTD is the one Harks suggestion fixed for me. The second is a brand new ive never seen before but it occured after I followed harks tip. So far its a one off but it feels like a memory leak to me because caching gets worse over...

HarK: I tried your sync tip on my computer (ATI Card fitted) and ive not had a crash in over 30 game years (1882 is the current year). Previously id have crashed out every 2 to 3 years. So even if I have another crash now, it looks like the serious issues have been solved for me. Thanks...

Thanks Hark. :) Tested with all the in game audio turned off and the Failed to read from memory address CTD occured. My monitor switched off as if it was a USB device that had been unplugged and windows gave that usual bong sound when it happened. Its not a USB device btw, just using an...

Just checked, the config file you refered too is a shortcut to the CivilizationIV.ini in my game and that file has it already in it. Giskard

Thanks Hark. I'll give it a try. Id still be interested in knowning why an audio error causes a graphics render error to show. Seems a little weird to me. Giskard

Hi all. Version 1.09 Ati X700 PCI (5.12 drivers and 5.8). 1 Gig ram. Athlon 4000. SBlive Value with the last set of drivers ever released for it. Civ works fine for me in all ways but one. It keeps CTDing. Since this post could get pretty long, heres what i found in brief. Ati...